Legal Protection for Independent Midwife for Using Ultrasonography in Wonosobo Regency

This study is aimed to identify and analyze the legal implication of independent midwife for using ultrasonography (USG) in criminal, civil, and public administration. It will also find out the attempt of the Wonosobo Indonesian Midwives Association (IMA) in providing law protection to the independent practice midwives in USG using.

This research is an empirical normative. The data are collected with field and literature research. The respondents of this research are independent midwives in Wonosobo who use USG. The informants of this study are Wonosobo Chief Medical Officer, the Wonosobo Head of Health Department of Health Services, the Wonosobo Chairman of IMA, the gynecology obstetrics, and the Setjonegoro Hospital radiologists; and Setjonegoro, the Wonosobo regional public hospital which provides information and solution for the research's problems. The data obtained are then qualitatively analyzed.

The research result shows there is no apparent rule of the midwives’ authorities in using USG in parental care, in which they will be administratively prosecuted and accused, civilly or criminally. The 15^thCongressof IMA in 2013 allows midwives to use USG with limited authority, namely to diagnose obstetrics. However this decision is not followed by IMA with rules which will provide law protection for the midwives in using USG.

: 1) there is not apparent rule yet of the midwives’ authorities in using USG in parental care; 2) The decision of IMA allows midwife to use USG is not followed with regulation for the USG using by the independence practice midwives.